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September 23, 2009

G151: Red Sox 9, Royals 2

With one out in the fifth, and the Royals having just taken a 2-0 lead, J.D. Drew singled to left. He would be the first of eight consecutive Boston batters to reach base off Hochevar.

Alex Gonzalez singled to right, Jacoby Ellsbury tripled to left-center, tying the game at 2-2. Dustin Pedroia singled, giving him a 15-game hitting streak and putting the Sox up 3-2. Victor Martinez extended his streak to 22 games with a single to center. Kevin Youkilis walked, loading the bases. Jason Bay hit a first-pitch single to left, scoring two runs. David Ortiz followed with a first-pitch single down the right field line for the sixth run of the inning.

Mike Lowell had grounded out to short to begin the fifth. Now, as the tenth man to bat, he grounded into a 6-4-3 double play to end the rally. A reader named Dan left a comment on my 3 Outs In An Inning post from April:

Mike Lowell came close to making all three outs in the same inning tonight ... he was responsible for all three outs (although he did not represent all three). Has this happened before?

What Lowell did was not all that unique. Now if he had made only the second out, and then the same eight Sox reached safely and then Lowell ended the inning with a third out in his third AB -- that would have been a first in major league history.

Beckett (6-12-2-1-7, 103) allowed a season-high 12 hits, but he stranded two Royals in each of the first four innings. And he was helped by a caught stealing in the fourth. After Martinez threw out David DeJesus, the next two batters singled, but were both left on base. His only perfect inning was the fifth.

A judge in Iowa has allowed a man to be temporarily released from jail so he can go see the Boston Red Sox play the Kansas City Royals.

Randy Aaron Barker, of Keosauqua, Iowa, was serving a 10-day jail sentence for interference with official acts and violation of a protective order. He is also a big fan of the Boston Red Sox, KCCI.com reported.

Saying baseball games are among the "few pleasures" Barker has in his life, his attorney said Barker had long-term plans to attend Wednesday's game with his father and brother.

The judge said the request was "reasonable under the circumstances" and granted the request.

One one level I appreciate the judge's leniency and it was only a 10 day trip, but violation of a protective order and interference with official acts could be some notable unpleasantness. I missed out on things for a lot less. Missing one game may be acceptable as consequence of his actions.

(I, of course, speak knowing nothing of what he did or the circumstances)

Emma was complaining that lately all I want to do is watch baseball on friday nights. She wants to watch a movie. In this corner fatherly love, weighing in at bucketfuls, and in this corner freakin' Sox-MFY!, weighing in at oh man. hmm....

Emma likes looking over my shoulder at the list. she might enjoy sitting at a second laptop next to me. That being said, I still censor (obscure) a bit for her. Wouldn't expect you guys to behave any different. I fully expect some sailoring during that series.

I haven't noticed it of late. Seems like acid's been fairly low on the scene for a decade or so now. Far as I know, but I'm not really hep to what folks are doing these days. I'd guess mostly pot and pills and the old standby of alcohol in quantity.

I'm pumped as hell for October. Picked out the TV I'm getting and went to check it out at the store today. What a beauty! Can't wait to be watching the Sox on that rather than my dinky slingbox stream!

I even tested the 'mute' button on the remote in preparation for dumb and mcdumber on fox.

Woo, woo.1st time I've gotten home before the game's over since before Rosh Hashana.And I knew a 3rd band on the list!Well, mostly that 1 song by Astreoid 4, not much of anything else. My son had some of their music and that was on a mix thing he put together or me. Beckett handling KC. As it should be.Can we please sweep the MFY regardless of whether it affects the race?

I just played the wrong song. a 10 minute wrong song. at 5 minutes to the top of the hour. Do I interrupt for a station ID? does this count as program continuity? Since the last 5 minutes sound like the first do I just fade it out and go on to something else? OTH, OTH.

Nick - re Banjo.The banjo player for my favorite local band and new running buds, Big Daddy Love, just bought himself a new electric banjo. It is suuuuwheet! Sounds almost like a piano at times. They play mostly their own stuff, but have added Bela Fleck's "Big Country" just for the occasion. Closed with it Monday. It just sends me.